Below are various adolescent literacy resources that we've done (or perhaps will do) in our class!
Literacy Activity
Directions
Add my two cents...
* After you copy each line, you will fold the paper (so what you’ve written is not visible) and pass the paper to the right.
Title: Literacy In My Life
Line 1: I am a person who _to read because….
Line 2: In first grade, …..
Line 3: If I ever wrote a book, it would be about…
Line 4: Because of my students, I’ve learned that literacy….
Line 5: The key to good writing is……
Line 6: If there’s one book I could get all my students to read, it would be…. * Have students read their completed documents aloud * (these sentence starters can be tailored to your content/lesson)
Mime It, Act it, Draw it!
* You will be assigned one passage from our reading
In your group, you will need to find a way to mime, act, or draw the meaning
The rest of the class will have to guess the meaning of your passage.
*After you reveal your passage, your group will be responsible for explaining this quote and its relevance.
Graffiti
* (create “topic posters” related to whatever topics/themes you may be studying)
*Go around the room and stand next to the topic poster you are most interested in.
Tell someone in your group why you’re interested in this topic.
Tell someone in your group why other people DO NOT like this topic
Turn these negative comments into graffiti
Timed Topic Talks
* Begin by creating a list of topics for students to discuss. These should be topics that the students have already learned about and are quite familiar with. This is a good review activity. * Tell students to get into partners. One student should be Partner A and the other Partner B. * Inform students that they will each have one minute to share all they know/opinions on that topic. * Call out a topic...set a timer for one minute. Then switch!
Pro/Con Statements
* Create pro and con positions on a topic * Assign students to either pro or con. * Give students time to write a pro/con statements with supporting evidence. * pro/con statement skeleton:
My Position is........................
Many people think that..............because...............
However, I think that...............because...............
Also because.......................
In short, ...................because..................
Give students time to share pro/con statements with partners from the opposite sides
A-Z information
* Students should write the alphabet down the side of a page. * Assign students a topic you;ve been studying to write about. * Students should then write true statements about the topic, each line beginning with the corresponding letter of the alphabet. * Great activity for groups
Write Around
* Students respond to a question of your prompting in writing
Pass writing to a partner, who then responds in writing
You can continue the dialogue between these two partner or continue to include other class members responding in writing.
Order of Importance
* Type out quotes from a class text. * In groups, students should rank the quotes in order of importance * This can be a good pre-reading or after-reading activity. It forces students to evaluate importance of different ideas of a reading. * It can also be a good way to teach organization in writing.
Below are various adolescent literacy resources that we've done (or perhaps will do) in our class!
Title: Literacy In My Life
Line 1: I am a person who _to read because….
Line 2: In first grade, …..
Line 3: If I ever wrote a book, it would be about…
Line 4: Because of my students, I’ve learned that literacy….
Line 5: The key to good writing is……
Line 6: If there’s one book I could get all my students to read, it would be….
* Have students read their completed documents aloud
* (these sentence starters can be tailored to your content/lesson)
- In your group, you will need to find a way to mime, act, or draw the meaning
- The rest of the class will have to guess the meaning of your passage.
*After you reveal your passage, your group will be responsible for explaining this quote and its relevance.*Go around the room and stand next to the topic poster you are most interested in.
* Tell students to get into partners. One student should be Partner A and the other Partner B.
* Inform students that they will each have one minute to share all they know/opinions on that topic.
* Call out a topic...set a timer for one minute. Then switch!
* Assign students to either pro or con.
* Give students time to write a pro/con statements with supporting evidence.
* pro/con statement skeleton:
My Position is........................
Many people think that..............because...............
However, I think that...............because...............
Also because.......................
In short, ...................because..................
* Assign students a topic you;ve been studying to write about.
* Students should then write true statements about the topic, each line beginning with the corresponding letter of the alphabet.
* Great activity for groups
* In groups, students should rank the quotes in order of importance
* This can be a good pre-reading or after-reading activity. It forces students to evaluate importance of different ideas of a reading.
* It can also be a good way to teach organization in writing.